The Stink That Fills the Atlantic

Every Atlantic Division Team—Knicks, Nets, Sixers, Celtics and Raptors—Has a Losing Record in the Month of January

By

Alex Raskin

January 26, 2015

The Atlantic Division is to the rest of the NBA what the Washington Generals are to the Harlem Globetrotters.

Such an analogy might seem like hyperbole, but supporters of the Knicks, Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics and even the division-leading Toronto Raptors know what they’re seeing: The 2014-15 edition of the Atlantic is quite literally the worst division since the NBA split into two conferences back in 1970-71.